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All tyrannosaurs had
excellent binocular
vision for targeting
The jaws were lined with their prey.
about 78 daggerlike teeth—
more than any other
tyrannosaur.
Gorgosaurus

Several incomplete Tyrannosaurs
skeletons have been
found so far.

Huge, very strong
teeth were up to
9 in (23 cm) long.

Lythronax Tyrannosaurus
The skull was
wide at the back.

Fossilized
Tyrannosaurus
The arms dung is full of bone
were tiny,
with just two fragments, proving it
small fingers. could crush
bone.

through bone and enabled them to kill were more lightly built, including Alioramus
armored prey that other predators dared not and Lythronax, while others like Guanlong had
attack. Their jaws were so deadly that they did crests on their heads. But all the ones that came
not need strong hands to grip their victims, and later had a similar body structure—massive
their arms were tiny compared to their long, heads with a huge set of jaws mounted on a
muscular legs. Some of the earlier tyrannosaurs pair of powerful legs. 111

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